Dropping the “M-BOMB”: Kinetic Performance, LLC releases a monolithic copper bullet.
Kinetic Performance, LLC is pleased to introduce a brand new copper monolithic bullet for the 2016 hunting season. Since I began making bullets about two years ago hunters have either hinted or directly asked for a copper bullet for hunting. Having invested in swaging equipment the only option would have been to use sintered copper. Having some knowledge of sintered bullets I decided they would be too frangible and would likely fail to meet the intent of a tougher hunting bullet that would not be as violent as a traditional cup and core. There was no real way to go about a solid copper bullet without a lathe.
Swiss lathes are the golden standard for turning bullets and I don’t have one in the garage so I had to find a capable and willing partner. I submitted design concepts to several companies before ever putting a test run of bullets together. One company said they would be happy to support my project but never responded beyond initial contact. Another couldn’t keep any information straight, were not timely, and were way too expensive. The third had a brilliant and enthusiastic engineer who fulfilled every promise he made and turned out a great product at a reasonable cost. Enter Peregrine.
Alliwyn Oberholster is the CEO and Technical Director at Peregrine Bullets in Pretoria, South Africa. The company roots stretch back to 1986 starting with a pact between two friends and culminated in the forming of Peregrine in 2009. This is a team of dedicated and brilliant engineers supported by guys with vast field experience in military and hunting backgrounds. We are excited to partner with them to bring you the best muzzle-loader monolithic in the world.
The M-BOMB should be posted in the web-store by mid August since we just wrapped up enough testing to say we are willing to put them into production. There will be several versions:
1. .458″/300gn Flat-Base
2. .458″/300gn Boat-Tail
3. .452″/300gn Flat-Base
4. .452/300gn Boat-Tail
One of the neat options too with this bullet is it can be turned as a solid with no tip. I tested some made this way and they shoot just like the tipped version. The benefit is they cost less but act identically so you have a viable and more economical practice bullet. I won’t have any of these up front but will put a poll up on a couple of forums and Facebook to gauge interest.
Over the next two weekends I will post the segments about the M-BOMB dealing with design and range testing.